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Xhosa and Esperanto


Esperanto and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
South Africa  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Akademio de Esperanto  

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
43  
32
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Halo  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
Molo  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Ndicela  
Mi petas  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
xhosa  
espéranto  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1887  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Esperanto  

Language Position
21  
19
33  
31

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
epo  

ISO 639 3
xho  
epo  

ISO 639 6
xho  
epo  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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All Xhosa and Esperanto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Xhosa and Esperanto dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Esperanto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Esperanto Dialects are spoken in different Esperanto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Esperanto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Xhosa and Esperanto Speaking population

Xhosa and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Xhosa and Esperanto on Xhosa vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Esperanto Language Codes

Xhosa and Esperanto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Esperanto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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